For information purposes only; Lagos State boundary with Ogun State on the expressway is by Berger Busstop, before Isheri

Now where is Abati to come and clear the poo. His master don poo poo for pant.

^ And the 'some' definitely excludes the ones mentioned by seanet02 abi? .

seanet02:

Sir koruji i quite agree with you on the importance of the road project, but the fact remains that the laws of the land must be respected. Now look at this people that have been giving control of the road for over 2 years now trying to get land dubiously through OGD. i will personally appeal to Amosun to let them have the land if i were one of his advisers, we all know the end result of the road project. It is failure. Bicourtney have a track record of poor service anyway

God bless you. More importantly for me is the question Is Bi-Courtney doing the road as a social service or profit venture? Why subvert due process? Its sheer blackmail.

That company is just not competent. MMA 2 is an eyesore when it rains. Just typical Babalakin.

@ all, Minimum wage or not, of what economic benefit is the plane to River State? Amaechi should be more circumspect on this.

Gbawe:

He is the sort of Nigerian we should all celebrate and encourage.

Gbawe, you sure? Okorocha has the history of being the only politician who promoted a party Action Alliance and at contested under PDP during the presidential primaries in 2007.

Okorocha has a complex issue. Seriously.

Can't fathom all the praises for a loudmouth when a Sullivan Chime, laid back, walks the thought.

Rochas, this guv is really serving his peeps . Official comedian sef dey.


Up APGA. Yet to be appointed- Commissioner on Ojukwu Affairs, SSA- Ojukwu in a London Hospital, SSA on Fraud in Red Cross

http://saharareporters.com/column/regular-work-day-nigeria%E2%80%99s-central-bank-pius-adesanmi


My fav columnist, Pius Adesanmi. Read and joor. The Ayatollah of CBN

Spiritual intervention or marketing for a partnership with the church in the execution of the project? Dr. Babalakin is a staunch muslim and I seriously doubt he went there to pray.

boriswole:

He said: “There’s nobody who wants to give out money. This road was given to Nigerian Banks to finance; Nigerian Banks don’t have a long-term contract. We were holding meetings upon meetings, but you discover that all they can give is money for a year or two years and what you need is money for 15 years.

http://thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/12674-lagos-ibadan-expressway-god-will-subdue-forces-against-completion-says-adeboye.html

Dr Babalakin is a daredevil borrower and with his reputation, no bank will partner with him. His poorly completed MMA2 project still has a large debt over-hang.

Story go still plenty sha

@ Poster,

Ask Dayokanu. He will give you the detailed meaning.

ZnO:

My friend, you have nothing to say. Let 2015 come. Bye.

With Iwuanyanwu, Uba(Snr & Jnr), Ojo Madueke, Stella Oduah and co as your leaders and your likes following sheepishly? Dream on.

I did say in my inaugural speech that I will (with God's help) "never, never let you down". I will not surround myself with yes men and women rather I am prepared to go to the farthest corners of the earth to bring into government some of the best Nigeria has to offer which is why I nominated a number of brilliant Nigerians including Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala to serve with me. GEJ

Including Hajia Maina and Sarah Jubril

seanet02:

Ibos and their Nonsensical Reasonings. Is the voice of South west PDP members now the voice of the People of South west who voted massively to flush out PDP in the general elections? This na stone age reasoning.

Very apt. Thanks for explaining better.

ZnO:

When the beat dies out, the dancing stops. For now, it is dancing all the way to Bodija market

Very myopic reasoning. Opportunistic and shallow minded. Pity your likes if this is what you are passing on as political legacy.
Nobody dey tell blind man say market don close!

ZnO:

LuluOsas sound like an edo person whose family is having a land feud with Ogiewonyi family back home. lol
But what did the SSS vet in her before she was cleared?

There must be something in that famiy that only GEJ sees.

Fresh Air sir!

@ dinggle

What does this say about the jury system? Are jurors such legal minded people as to be able to see through the labyrinth of arguments and the counter? If the DSK case could turn because of lies, why then did the same thing not apply in this case? If Casey could lie to the police, why can't she lie again as a survival plan?

The more I think about it, the more confused I get

Has the police actually investigated anything apart from detaining the guy and making some threatening noises which his lawyer has successfully quelled? They should try some Guatanamo Bay techniques on the guy and by now they'll have enough evidence to send the guy to the gallows.

Psychiatric evaluation my foot. Mscheeew!

ezeagu:

Mazi knows what he's doing. It's going to be APGAgeria come 2015.

Mazi is playing to the gallery

@ZnO & alex_101,

Continue to revel in your delusion . Just because Okorocha has been singing some joyful tunes, the Se is on the path of development or that your SE people produced the SGF, Deputy Senate President or even the Chairman of PDP means the entire SE from Onitsha to Ebonyi is smelling of roses?

ZnO, continue dancing naked in the market place

Igwe-1:


Jonathan Appoints Sarah Jibril,

The most persisitent presidential aspirant, for all her efforts, finally got what she wanted - Special adviser

Mama, you too much. After all the shakara these several years. Up Nigerian Women!

Hmm. This Okorocha too talk. Basic economics shows that the problem of Nigeria is neither N18,000 or N50,000 basic salary, but the attendant inflation and rise in cost of living. Without a corresponding increase in infrastructure development, increase in capital investments in the economy, massive industrialisation, improvement in energy supply, provision of affordable housing, introduction and implementation of policies that make the salary meaningful, the salary increment will come to nought.

How has the economy fared for all the salary increments since Udoji?

Secondly, promising everything at once seems to me like being in a haste without taking note of the undulating terrain.

Waiting to see how it plays out.

na wa for this Ringim o. Na by force to kill yourself? The clueless IGP wants to keep his job by all means hence the continuos ranting while bombing is still going on in Maiduguri.

But are Nigerian leaders so attached to their jobs as if its a family heirloom? Admit you have failed and resign before Boko haram gets you

@OAM4J,

Tinubu is not yet the leader and he made only a pronouncement in Kwara State during Belgore's birthday, Oloye ran back from his sick bed in the UK and quickly reconciled with his rebellious son Bukky.
Or you think this reconcialiation was a mere happenstance. Of course, they feraed the 'rascal' is coming to liberate Kwarans from the papa n pikin bondage!

Like or hate him, Tinubu is the most politically astute, energetic and consciously active politician of his generation.

Is he on a popularity contest or high on some cheap stuff? What does he know about basic economics, of money and standard of living? Guess fat cats like this will be elected as long as our politics remains do or die.

Niboro is Urhobo, delta. Guess he is same as beaf

Now, more to the point, I dont just hate Mr. Gbenga, I detest him with an unfathomable passion. I hate his person, I detest his politics. He unleashed a savagery in Ogun State that turned a normally sane dude into an animal. Imagine a situation where you suddenly see your guy carrying a gun, savagely threatening peeps you are with, turned the traditional institution you revered into a kind of joke, made the state into a situation of anomy.

no regrets on Dani Elebo(apologies Prof Soyinka)

X-factoria:

Guy, take it easy!!!

X-factoria,

I'm still trying to fathom what your issues are. Are you saying other options have been tried before the concessioning or that the so called PPP arrngement wsa not in any way untoward? 1) Ogun State govt house VI was liaison office, sure provisions were made to the upkeep like the Abuja liaison office. But what sold/concessioned for peanuts. The house is on Ahmadu Bello Way, opposite the Bar beach. Apoje Palm Oil Mills; A farm settlement the govt NEVER invested a kobo into, generates enough revenue for its upkeep. My parents were distributors of Palm Oil from Apoje. End result -b concessioned. Gateway Hotel Ijebu Ode: Concessioned for N20m for a whole of 25 years.

Now convince me, economic brigandage or unbundling in-efficiency?

@OP,

The ex-commissioner of Information has come again to defend the untoward policies of his principal with so much pasion, one is almost hoodwinked into believing their rubbish. It is apparent what Ecstasy does to people, a frame of mind you believe people around you are dolts. If truly the concessions were in the interest of the people, do they need to be rushed or shrouded in so much secrecy?

The guy needs to go back to school to learn the finer arts of image management. Whitewashing a decrepit property is not the same as a renovation.

" Gateway Hotel Abeokuta was valued at #1.4b but was concessioned for #300m. Gateway Hotel Ijebu ode was valued at #700m, but was concessioned for #100m. Gateway Hotel Ota was valued at #630m, but again concessioned for #130m, while Gateway Hotel annex Ijebu ode was valued at #132m, but was concessioned for #20m, all of these for 25yrs respectively. we will definitely step on toes to retrieve our assets back" -Amosun

Gateway Hotel, Ijebu Ode concessioned for N20m for 25 years? Only an evil minded OGD has the capacity for such wanton looting, brigandage, sabotage. Or are people saying that hotel that hosts various conferences thru'out the year does not make up to a million in a year before being concessioned? OGD will surely rot in the hottest part of hell.

@compaq,

I suggest you read through what SIA has said. What do you make of the concessioning; Economic brigandage or unbundling inefficiency?

How inefficient is Ogun State House, VI, Lagos. Do you know that Apoje Oil Farm has always been a profitable venture? FYI, Apoje Oil Farm is one of the farm settlements, legacy Western region. Are you aware that the same OGD was claimed they invested in turnaround for Gateway hotels? Before concessioning, have they considered other privatisation options, by today's property valuation in Nigeria, are you saying OGD sold barren land? C'mon.

Even the federal govt under Obj considered various options before unbundling. And in cases where fraud or untoward action is suspected, the privatisation is reversed. For example, Transcorp/Nitel, Folio Comminications/Daily Times(Anosike brothers are currentlt being prosecuted) among several others.

COMPAQ:

There is nothing wrong with concessioning Olumo rock. What has the government done with it all these years. Did the money from it ever reach govt in those years? I am not saying the terms in all these OGD deals are correct, but then the value of something is the price people are willing to pay for it. If you like, value NITEL at $2bln, but if the all the bids revolve around $600mln, then $600mln is the value. Simple.

I think Amosun is talking too much. I have been to Gateway hotel Abeokuta around 15years ago and it was an embarrassment then, so where is he getting grandoise valuations from. There is nothing wrong with privatising these things. If Amosun thinks he can actually run all these companies he will discover that the cost of running them exceeds the revenue they bring in.

I'm sure you are aware that privatisation is not just concessioning, The main problem here is OGD used concessioning to perpetuate fraud. So get that and stop whinning rubbish. If the bolded are your opinion, then shouldn't the incumbent look into the issues and right all wrongs.

talk true:
Let him leave the debt as it is, use only the federal allocation and the Internal revenue, to work in his tenure so he can prove that governors can work with what they have

And in your thinking, bolded is enough to pay the N18,000 and still develop infrastucture?

More importantly, are you just a commentator or you are really interested in the affairs of Ogun State?

A census of uneployed youths. An indirect way of indicting his predecessor and godfather? And some people are happy I'll bet my last shirt nothing will come out of this. Afterall, gov and Bukola has gone to beg Oloye. Its back to status quo. SSMH